#8C281C#8C281C

#8C281C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.137 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C281C
RGB	rgb(140, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.4%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, 41.52, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 52.17, 37.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.1184 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.137 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7850, 7.1787, 1.8635)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C281C #1C808C

analogous

#8C1C48 #8C281C #8C601C

triadic

#8C281C #1C8C28 #281C8C

tetradic

#8C281C #488C1C #1C808C #601C8C

square

#8C281C #488C1C #1C808C #601C8C

split-complementary

#8C281C #1C8C60 #1C488C

monochromatic

#260B08 #591912 #8C281C #BF3726 #DA5848

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8C281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8C281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C281C

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C281C	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.137 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56959',
    500: '#8c281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c281c;
$custom-light: #b56959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43151,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C281C

secondary

#48B0BC

accent

#D7EA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C281C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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